A 28 kDa major immunogen of Chlamydia psittaci shares identity with Mip proteins of Legionella spp. and Chlamydia trachomatis - Cloning and characterization of the C psittaci mip-like gene

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 945-953

  Rockey, Daniel D ^a   Chesebro, Brian B ^a   Heinzen, Robert A ^a   Hackstadt, Ted ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Chlamydial antigen; Intracellular pathogen; Intracellular survival; Mip like protein

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ASPARAGINE TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; THIOREDOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONJUNCTIVITIS, INCLUSION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOPHILINS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSITTACOSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; OVIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030005736     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-4-945     Document Type: Article

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